Champion Nutrition’s Super Heavyweight Gainer 1200 is a delicious,
calorie-dense, easily digested MRP. Such a formula can be extremely
advantageous for bodybuilders that are bulking.

For example, suppose an athlete is trying to gain a large amount of
muscle mass, and eating 6,000 calories + daily. The problem is, how can
you consume this many calories without your stomach exploding?! The
answer: choose calorie dense foods.

Nutrient density is the amount of a particular nutrient (carbohydrate,
protein, fat, etc.) per unit of energy in a given food; however, the
term ‘density’ is not scientifically accurate. Density means mass per
unit of volume, not mass per unit of energy (as refereed to above).
Loose interpretations of this word are common, however. For example,
population density refers to the number of people per unit of area.

Calorie density (CD) is the number of calories per weight of food. A
perfect illustration is found when comparing proteins, carbohydrates,
and fats. Typically, proteins and carbs contain 4 calories per gram,
while fats have 9 calories per gram. Fats would be said to have a higher
calorie density than the former two.

For instance, 100 grams of a cucumbers contains a minuscule 12 calories.
That adds up to .12 calories per gram of cucumber. However, Champion
Nutrition’s Super Heavyweight Gainer 1200 contains 450 calories in the
same 100 grams—that is a whopping 4.5 calories per gram. Imagine trying
to consume all of your carbohydrates from the cucumber. Such a task is
almost impossible; this is why one may choose to opt for the calorie
dense weight gainer.

Interestingly
enough, many scientists would claim that energy density is the most
potent weapon one has for manipulating satiety [121]. This topic has
been highly investigated by nutritionists, and results support the
claims made. For example, Duncan, Bacon, and Weinsier, over 5 days, gave
20 obese and non-obese subjects a diet low in energy-dense foods and one
high in energy-dense foods and then allowed each group to eat until
satisfied [128]. The subjects which ate as many low-energy dense foods
as they wanted had 1,570 calories, while the subjects which ate
high-energy dense foods had 3000. Furthermore, the former group ate 33%
longer throughout the day than the latter group.

As discussed previously, energy density (kJ/g) of foods strongly affects
satiety. However, the question still remains whether increasing the
volume or size of a food, independent of weight, affects hunger. To test
this, Rolls, Bell Bethany, and Waugh fed 28 lean men breakfast, lunch,
and dinner in a laboratory 1 d/wk for 4 weeks [118]. They gave them
isoenergetic (equal amount of energy), yogurt-based milk shakes that
varied only in volume (300, 450, and 600 ml) as a result of the
incorporation of different amounts of air. The food contained identical
ingredients and weighed the same. The high volume drink significantly
affected energy consumption at lunch. Energy intake was approximately
12% lower after the 600 ml drink than after the 300 ml liquid. Subjects
also reported greater reductions in hunger and increases in fullness
after consumption of both the 450 and 600 ml drinks than after the 300
ml ones. Therefore, varying the volume (irrelevant to weight) does
affect satiety and digestion.

This experiment should have profound effects on the nutrition industry.
This means that foods such as popcorn, which are very light but puffy
because of air volume, have higher satiety than foods with the same
weight and energy but less volume. Designing foods with high air volumes
would therefore assist a great many of dieting customers; likewise, when
dieting, consuming high-volume foods would be of benefit to the athlete.

Therefore, another advantage of this weight gainer is that it is a
liquid, and not as bulky as steak, for instance. So it has the advantage
of being calorie-dense, and low volume. Volume can also be manipulated
by limiting the water content of the solution.

Of course, calorie density, and manipulating satiety is not the only
factor to consider for a body builder. For example, a bag of Theater
Popcorn with butter has been found to contain an extremely high fat
density, consisting of 130 grams of lipids, adding up to 1170 calories!
This nutrient comes from several sources of artery-clogging saturated
fats, such as hydrogenated soybean oil and coconut oil-based fats. In
addition, it may contain up to 700 mg of salt per bag.

In the bulking example, though you want to consume more calorie dense
foods, you would not opt for theater popcorn, though it has a very high
calorie density, or for 5 cups of table sugar so that you can get your
carbohydrate intake. In this context, the next factor that must be
considered is the nutrient content of Champion Nutrition’s Super
Heavyweight Gainer 1200.

Protein

This weight gainer has a solid protein density, of 50 grams per 900
calories. The proteins come from easily digested whey proteins (which is
another advantage for satiety purposes); and is high in anabolic
branched chain amino acids.

Fat

Fat is often given a bad rap. However, it has many vital purposes. These
include:

The goal with fat is the optimize the nutrient partitioning effect.
Nutrient Partitioning can be defined as the distribution of ingested
nutrients among basal metabolism, growth, tissue maintenance and repair,
physical activity, and other forms of energy expenditure and nutrient
storage. The goal is to partition nutrients away from fat storage, and
towards these other vital functions that fats have, such as increased
hormones.

Consuming the correct proportion of certain fats can help accomplish
just this.

Champion's
1200 Weight Gainer contains various fats which are very beneficial for
this. These include medium chain triglycerides and essential fatty acids
(a small amount).

The length of a chain of carbons determines the classification of fatty
acid.

What is interesting is that short and medium chain fatty acids can
actually diffuse into mitochondria without carnitine transferase, which
is important for their ability to be oxidized.

This is why medium chain FFA's are often used for say malabsorbtion
sydromes of fats.

There are three main differences between long and medium chain fats:

1. Chain length
2. Solubility - medium chains are more soluble in water
3. Medium chains can diffuse into the mitochondria without carnitine
transferase

In this context, medium chains TG's are actually preferentially
oxidized!

One of the ways to measure if a food is being used for energy or not is
to measure oxygen consumption before and after the nutrient is taken in.

In one study (Brody, 2003) people consumed 45 grams of long or medium
chain fatty acids. Oxygen was measured to determine energy used. 02
consumption increased slightly in the long chain condition, but a larger
increase occurred in medium chain condition. This is consistent with
long chain FFA's being first stored as fat, with medium chain ffas being
oxidized instead. In 6 hours following test meals, 13 % of medium chain
and 4 % of long chain were completely oxidized. Therefore, fat oxidation
is relative to the fat substrate.

The point is that medium chain FFA's are less likely to be stored as
fat, and more likely than long chain FFA's to be used as fuel. However,
this depends on the type of long chain triglyceride. For instance,
essential fats are long chained fatty acids; however, they have been
found to increase insulin sensitivity, thermogenesis, anabolic hormones,
anti-inflammatory cytokines, among numerous other benefits (Wilson,
2003).

Now,
a large amount of even these quality fats can be counterproductive.
Thus, this weight gainer only contains 30 grams of fat per 900 calories.

Carbs

Insulin is a hormone released from the beta cells in the islets of
Langerhans of the pancreas. Its primary secretagogue (anything that
stimulates the release of a hormone) is glucose. A primary importance of
carbs is therefore, to manipulate this hormone.

Insulin has numerous anabolic effects such as increasing protein
synthesis and glycogen replenishment. However, insulin also spares fat
from from being utilized as fuel, and chronic production of this hormone
can increase de-nova lypogenic enzymes, increasing the probability of
converting carbohydrates to fat for storage.

Therefore, the proper carbs must be consumed at the proper time. The
glycemic index measures how much your blood sugar levels increase within
2-3 hours after consuming a meal. Having low GI carbs can limit insulin
production, and maintain insulin sensitivity. Having high GI carb will
increase insulin production. This is extremely beneficial post exercise.
But having to many of these high GI carbs will increase the chance of
fat gain, and decrease insulin sensitivity.

What is important to understand is that chronic release of an hormone
will promote down regulation. Receptors exposed to hormones to
unphysiologically high concentrations, or for long periods of time, are
down regulated (become less available for hormone action). Thus,
insulin’s anabolic effects will be decreased.

Champion Nutrition’s Super Heavyweight Gainer 1200 does contain a fair
amount of slowly digesting carbs, but also various high GI
carbohydrates, such as maltodextrin. These carbs are easily digested,
which is beneficial for satiety purposes. And as mentioned, insulin has
numerous extremely anabolic properties. However, because of this, this
weight gainer would not be optimal for a cutting program, as high
insulin levels increases the likelihood of fat gain. It should
therefore, be spared for extremely hard-core bulks. It is also advised
that this be used early in the day, when insulin sensitivity is highest.

Lastly, Champion Nutrition’s Super Heavyweight Gainer 1200 is natural,
and uses no artificial colors or sweeteners, such as aspartame.

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